Last week, our class went to Villa Grimaldi, a park where political prisoners were tortured and interrogated during the government of Pinochet. Pinochet was a dictator who was in office from 1974 to 1990. About 5 thousand prisoners were brought to Villa Grimaldi to be tortured, and hundreds were killed. Most of the buildings in which torture occurred are now demolished, but this the original pool is still present. This prisoners were submerged in the pool until the point of almost-drowning as a means of torture. Ironically, the torturers' children and wives swam in this pool for fun on the weekends.
This was a really interesting place to visit, and I'm glad I got to learn more about Chile's history, even though it has a darker side to it.
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